EDITORIAL

For a long time, the world talked about climate change as something that would be in the future decades down the line once certain temperatures are crossed or carbon in the atmosphere reaches a certain limit. However, the reality is that climate change is already happening and its impacts are …

More than 15,000 Bhutanese will have gotten Australian education visas in a 12-month period from July 2022 to June 2023. This does not take into account an increasing flow towards Canada and the UK and the more than 8,606 who moved to the Middle-East in the last 10 years. On …

The Cabinet in a 5 June 2023 letter to the RMA put forth a wish list of 8 points all to do with the monetary sector. As a result of that letter the RMA suspended the commercial housing and hotel loans and increased the incentive for remittance from 2 to …

The 13 State Owned Enterprises (SOEs) under the Ministry of Finance have always been in a strange no man’s land for many years. They are not government departments and hence neither civil servants or even public servants. On the other hand, they are not a part of the well resourced …

There is an old saying that if something is too good to be true, then it probably is. Until recently, many professionals and young graduates headed in droves to Australia on student visas with the main intention of making some money and building a life there. However, it was not …

This paper, since its establishment in 2012, has always believed in the value of impact journalism. We write stories not only for the sake of writing them, but also to bring about change and an impact. This may be frowned upon in some circles, but journalism should not be mistaken …

The nation can ill afford a pay hike at the moment given our dire economic situation, but the government has given one mainly aimed at preventing the alarming levels of resignations from the civil service. The pay hike will cost the country Nu 6 bn and it will go to …

When the nation is in the midst of so many changes, it is important to do some soul searching of our weaknesses. While much has been made about how we are a small society where everybody knows everybody we need to see its other side. We have become like the …

A recent upbeat Tourism Department press release announced 52,173 tourists came from 23 September 2022 to 10th May 2023 and in so many words indicated things are improving and going well. It said 32,517 are Indian guests paying the INR 1,200 SDF while 19,656 are other tourists paying either the …

The West Bengal government has introduced the Suvidha tax of around Nu 5,000 for Bhutanese and other trucks exporting goods to Bangladesh. While it is the business of Indian states to charge levies on its trucks, it comes as a matter of surprise that such a tax is being imposed …